Job Description

Gardener

Location: Pendean House Care Home. Off Oaklands Lane, West Lavington, Midhurst, West Sussex GU29 0ES

Contract Permanent – Part Time

Hours: 20 hours per week - flexible, but ideally covering 3 days

Salary: £12.75 - £13.75 per hour depending on experience

CQC rating: Good

Carehome.co.uk rating: 9.8 / 10

Originally a country home, Pendean House has been transformed and modernised to provide care for people who require nursing and residential care.

Pendean House is set within its own large grounds, offering tranquil landscaped gardens complete with a sensory garden and patio areas, and pathways designed for wheelchair access.

Elegant interiors feature oak panelling and decorated fireplaces in comfortable and spacious rooms, while all bedrooms come with en suite facilities and a 24-hour call system for peace of mind. A lift ensures easy access to all floors of the home. Residents have access to an onsite library, an optician, a nutritionist, reminiscence sessions and relaxation therapy.

Residents can enjoy fresh meals daily whilst enjoying views of the well-kept garden.

The home spends time ensuring that the calendar of events at the home is engaging and entertaining. Events such as cocktail parties, theatre trips and music shows can be enjoyed in Pendean House.

We make health happen

Here at Bupa, we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person-centred care, supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives. You'll be responsible for the upkeep and care of the home’s gardens

You’ll help us make health happen by:

• Maintaining lawns, looking after flowerbeds, borders and hedges, weeding and pruning our shrubs and small trees
• Advise the Home Manager on potential gardening issues and help to plan areas that require improvement
• Occasionally, you will assist the Maintenance team with other ad hoc duties in and around the home.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

With a passion for gardening, you will take real pride in your work. You will enjoy maintaining and developing the home’s gardens, ensuring our residents can enjoy the pleasant and relaxing environment.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• My Healthcare - Free access to 24/7 support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support
• Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350
• Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes
• 28 days holiday
• We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.
• Long service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!
• Free meal on every shift
• Interest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets
• We offer a range of Bupa pension plans – find out more on our career site
• Parental leave - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents and co parents -find out more on our career site
• Menopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment and take control of their health
• Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Time Type:

Part time

Job Area:

Care Home - Facilities & Home Support

Locations:

Pendean House